Yahoo stocks crash

[britishguy]

As expected as soon as pre-trading opened
The Yahoo stock has collapsed
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080505/ap_on_hi_te/microsoft_yahoo

Fully expected as Yang takes a bath:eek::eek:

Big business calls the shots not Yang

Comments :-

[dspohn23]

Yahoo is worth much more than $24 a share. I am considering buying the stock for the long haul. The price will rise over the next few years.

[guru-seo]

Yahoo is worth much more than $24 a share. I am considering buying the stock for the long haul. The price will rise over the next few years.

Best of luck to you. Hope you don't put your life savings into this junk stock.

[pioneer1]

I won't invest in Yahoo stock at the moment

[guru-seo]

Who in their right state of mind would buy a company at 50X earnings??? To make the matter worse Yahoo has been loosing money on every quarter for at least 5 times in a row I think??? This stock is not for the faint of heart. I rather gamble in Vegas than buy Yahoo stock right now. I have better odds at the Poker table than with Yahoo stock.

[pingpong123]

Who in their right state of mind would buy a company at 50X earnings??? To make the matter worse Yahoo has been loosing money on every quarter for at least 5 times in a row I think??? This stock is not for the faint of heart. I rather gamble in Vegas than buy Yahoo stock right now. I have better odds at the Poker table than with Yahoo stock.

Right Guru, the only reason yahoo is still in the 24 dollar range is that angry yahoo investors are screaming to get msft back to the bargaining table. You will either see negotiations start up again or you will see many lawsuits against yahoo by its own shareholders. Their ceo Yang is an idiot. I cant believe he got greedy.

[Spaced]

The stock market is so volitile right now no one really knows if anythign will go up or not.

[guru-seo]

Right Guru, the only reason yahoo is still in the 24 dollar range is that angry yahoo investors are screaming to get msft back to the bargaining table. You will either see negotiations start up again or you will see many lawsuits against yahoo by its own shareholders. Their ceo Yang is an idiot. I cant believe he got greedy.

You're right. I think there will be a lot of lawsuits coming. Yang is an idiot for sure. They should have sold to Microsoft at $37 a share and in a couple of years Microsoft/Yahoo would be able to be neck and neck with Google, instead now the greed is going to bring their stock to maybe $16 a share if not less. They played hard to get and got nothing. Microsoft should just play a waiting game at this point and let the company crumble from the inside and then do a takeover. It will be interesting to follow from the sidelines for sure!

[cool_78]

It is expected given that Microsoft's offer is the best Yahoo will get, I think we should expect a further drop in this stock. I wouldn't want to hold this hot potato right now.

[ct2k7]

Yahoo! deserved it, they shouldn't have refused my beloved Microsoft :D

[soniqhost.com]

Right Guru, the only reason yahoo is still in the 24 dollar range is that angry yahoo investors are screaming to get msft back to the bargaining table. You will either see negotiations start up again or you will see many lawsuits against yahoo by its own shareholders. Their ceo Yang is an idiot. I cant believe he got greedy.

I don't think its even about Yang being greedy, its about his ego and selling out to Microsoft, he didn't want to sell out and he put up a price out there that Microsoft wouldn't pay

[soniqhost.com]

You're right. I think there will be a lot of lawsuits coming. Yang is an idiot for sure. They should have sold to Microsoft at $37 a share and in a couple of years Microsoft/Yahoo would be able to be neck and neck with Google, instead now the greed is going to bring their stock to maybe $16 a share if not less. They played hard to get and got nothing. Microsoft should just play a waiting game at this point and let the company crumble from the inside and then do a takeover. It will be interesting to follow from the sidelines for sure!

Microsoft was not going to pay $37 a share, their initial offer was $31 which was around 80% higher then where yahoo was trading. Major Shareholders wanted mid 30s, in the last week Microsoft increased its bid to $33, major S/H said that they were willing to sell their stock in the $34-$35 range, Yang Want to Microsoft and said he wouldn't sell the company for less then $37 a share.

[britishguy]

When all the dust settles Yang will be out of Yahoo
That's how the the big guys operate
He will pay the price for his in-experience in dealing with these guys

[needsmoney]

I had a few stocks in yahoo, its risen a bit since?

[t2000q]

buy low sell high - isn't that how the big guys do it?

[Fka200]

It is expected given that Microsoft's offer is the best Yahoo will get, I think we should expect a further drop in this stock. I wouldn't want to hold this hot potato right now.

In the same boat.

[BlohG]

That was imminent after the bid retract

[shop4]

Big companies like Yahoo will always go up in the long run.


The internet is to control the world in so many ways in the near future

[khalid2167]

Yahoo amd Google are going to agree on an add agreement in near future and this will take the two companies to 80 percent of the search engine market share.
Yamg is not a fool, he is trying another track to capture the market, and after gettin this clue Microsoft drop the idea of taking over Yahoo.

[soniqhost.com]

Big companies like Yahoo will always go up in the long run.


The internet is to control the world in so many ways in the near future

Enron, and MCI are two companies that counter your argument.

[JamesKwanda]

Very interesting what all of you have to say. But c'mon why didn't they just sell yahoo to microsoft. I mean all of the employees will be earning a lot more. And the owner of microsoft would be rich almost his whole life.

[thep]

Yeah , this might be the end for Y! , it's stock value down , taken over by ... (GG?).

[arcadie]

when you run a company like yahoo, with enough money to create more revenue streams, why do you sit and do nothing and rely on your current business plan which isn't working out to well...

what im saying is take google for example, they launched print ads, google checkout, radio ads, and rumors of alternative to ebay. what new ideas has yahoo had?

Honestly, any company with the $$ to backup their project can easily become a huge competitor to paypal, mainly due to how that company is run and how they treat their sellers (freeze more accounts plz...)

Ebay may be even easier to defeat, the only ideas they have come up with is raising prices... or i mean "lowering fees" (so they can raise the overall amount you pay per auction)

Hotjobs could be much bigger that it is...

Why have none of these companies (besides google slightly) ventured into the banking industry... you would think they would be on the forefront of the internet virtual bank boom, but they have even gave it a shot...

When will one of them offer internet based tv? no not youtube but actual tv were i can watch real channels...

There is so much more yahoo msn and google can do but they dont...

[soniqhost.com]

Very interesting what all of you have to say. But c'mon why didn't they just sell yahoo to microsoft. I mean all of the employees will be earning a lot more. And the owner of microsoft would be rich almost his whole life.

When you get to the position that Yahoo Management has attained, its no longer about money, its about egos and legacies.

[britishguy]

When you get to the position that Yahoo Management has attained, its no longer about money, its about egos and legacies.

Very true then to quote Shakespeare

You get hoisted by your own petard :eek:

That is then the end of the ego, all that is left is the legacy

[charter]

Microsoft offered $31 and then $33. It is possible they could be offering $22 in a few months after Yang is sick of all the lawsuits. Since Yahoo has 1.4 Billion shares that would be quite a nice discount.

[guru-seo]

Microsoft was not going to pay $37 a share, their initial offer was $31 which was around 80% higher then where yahoo was trading. Major Shareholders wanted mid 30s, in the last week Microsoft increased its bid to $33, major S/H said that they were willing to sell their stock in the $34-$35 range, Yang Want to Microsoft and said he wouldn't sell the company for less then $37 a share.

My bad I meant to say $33.

[homebizseo]

The stocks will fall 25% to 50% within the next year.

[damnidunno]

If yahoo ends up with google i will not use any of their services... or should I say google's services. I don't like google for a reason (plain, dull, boring, etc, and also a wolf in sheeps clothing).

I like still having non google choices. I'd like Yahoo! to stay independent, but Yahoo! is running itself into the ground.

One of the biggest services they ever had was their browser based java chat, and they ruined that by replacing it with some buggy lame messenger.

i miss the days when yahoo worked :(

[britishguy]

Yahoo and Yang had a great opportunity to progress with Microsoft
By kick starting the business and the technology
All that is left now is very angry shareholders and Yang with his monster ego

All the chickens are now coming home to roost :eek: